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right hand

right hand noun: a trusted assistant.

Noun

right hand (plural right hands)

  1. (figuratively) A trusted assistant.
    • When I date back I recall a man off the family tree / My right hand Poppa Doc I see / Took me from a boy to a man so I always had a father / When my biological didn't bother1992, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”, in Mecca and the Soul Brother

right hand meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Arabic

right hand in Tamil

Translations
வலதுகை valatukai, வலக்கை valakkai, சோற்றாங்கை cōṟṟāṅkai, சோற்றுக்கை cōṟṟukkai

right hand in Bengali

Translations
ডানহাত ḍanohat

right hand in Kannada

ಬಲಗಯ್, ಬಲಗೆಯ್, ಬಲಕೆಯ್, ಬಲಗೈ

right hand in Arabic

Translations
يَمِين yamīn, يُمْنَى yumnā, يَد يُمْنَى yad yumnā
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right hand in Malay
orang kanan
right hand in Indonesian
tangan kanan
right hand in Vietnamese
tay phải, cánh tay phải

Forms of right hand

pluralright hands
alternative formright-hand

Questions about right hand

What does right hand mean?
Right hand means a trusted assistant.
What is right hand in Tamil?
Right hand in Tamil is வலதுகை (valatukai), வலக்கை (valakkai), சோற்றாங்கை (cōṟṟāṅkai). See Right hand meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is right hand?
Right hand is a noun.
What is the plural of right hand?
The plural of right hand is right hands.

Words near right hand in the dictionary

  1. right faces
  2. right field
  3. right fielder
  4. right fielders
  5. right fields
  6. right hand
  7. right hand of fellowship
  8. right handed
  9. right handedness
  10. right hands
  11. right hands of fellowship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: right hand (page history and authors); right hand (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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